Department of Medicine

Cardiology

Clinical activities in the division include all major aspects of cardiology, including general clinical cardiology, advanced cardiac imaging, interventional cardiology, structural heart disease, electrophysiology, heart failure, vascular medicine, and preventive cardiology.

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Cardiology

Clinical activities in the division include all major aspects of cardiology, including general clinical cardiology, advanced cardiac imaging, interventional cardiology, structural heart disease, electrophysiology, heart failure, vascular medicine, and preventive cardiology.

Overview

The Division of Cardiology is a large clinical and research division with a mission of patient care, teaching and research excellence. Division faculty staff the 3 major teaching hospitals in Providence: Rhode Island Hospital, Miriam Hospital, and the VA Medical Center. The division also includes the Lifespan Cardiovascular Research Center, a multidisciplinary basic research facility located near the medical school. Clinical activities in the division include all major aspects of cardiology, including general clinical cardiology, advanced cardiac imaging, interventional cardiology, structural heart disease, electrophysiology, heart failure, vascular medicine, and preventive cardiology. State-of-the-art clinical facilities are available in all locations, and clinical research is actively pursued at each site. The Division of Cardiology is closely linked to the Lifespan Cardiac Surgery Program, one of the largest in New England. Furthermore, Rhode Island and Miriam Hospitals provide the bulk of emergency care in the state of Rhode Island, with approximately 200,000 emergency visits annually, a large number of whom have acute cardiac illnesses.

The Division sponsors several fellowship programs. The main program is the general cardiology fellowship, which is a 3-year program with an emphasis on training outstanding clinical cardiologists. Our program is highly respected nationally, and our fellows obtain competitive positions all across the country. Sub-subspecialty fellowship programs are offered in interventional cardiology, structural heart disease, clinical cardiac electrophysiology, preventive cardiology, and peripheral vascular medicine. Our cardiology fellows come from the best residency programs across the country, attracted to the unparalleled clinical experience, outstanding faculty, and broad research opportunities at Brown. The large volume of patients with acute cardiac illnesses, driven in part by the busiest emergency department in New England, creates a very unique environment for education and clinical research.
Our full-time cardiology faculty represent the foundation of our strong division. Cardiologists from each of our clinical sites are integrated with our basic science faculty into a single, large, diversified faculty. This arrangement provides in-depth teaching exposure for fellows in the full range of clinical and academic cardiology. Our clinical faculty provide outstanding patient care, are highly experienced, skilled and devoted clinical educators. Many of our faculty members are leaders in their fields, nationally known for their contributions to research and education.

The division continues to grow and remains steadfastly dedicated to providing the best care to our patients, making major contributions to medical research, and educating our patients, community, and the doctors of tomorrow.

About Us

  • Brian Abbott, MD

    Brian Abbott, MD

    Professor of Medicine; Associate Chief of Cardiology; Clinical Excellence and Operations; Brown University Health Cardiovascular Institute; Clinician Educator
  • J. Dawn Abbott, MD

    J. Dawn Abbott, MD

    Professor of Medicine; Director, Interventional Cardiology, Brown University Health; Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories, Rhode Island and The Miriam Hospitals
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    Christina Al Malouf, MD

    Assistant Professor of Medical Science; Assistant Professor of Medicine; Cardiologist, Brown University Health Cardiovascular Institute; Clinician Educator
  • Karen Aspry, MD

    Karen Aspry, MD

    Associate Professor of Medicine; Director, Lipid Clinic and Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Program; Clinician Educator
  • Michael Atalay, MD, PhD

    Michael Atalay, MD, PhD

    Professor of Diagnostic Imaging; Professor of Medicine; Director, Cardiac MRI & CT, Brown University Health
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    Douglas Burtt, MD

    Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine; Medical Director Inpatient Services, Brown University Health Cardiovascular Institute
  • George Charlton, MD

    George Charlton, MD

    Assistant Professor of Medicine; Cardiologist; Clinician Educator; Site Director of Echocardiography, Brown University Health Cardiovascular Institute and The Miriam Hospital Director of Echocardiography, Newport Hospital
  • Gaurav Choudhary, MD

    Gaurav Choudhary, MD

    Ruth and Paul Levinger Professor of Cardiology; Director, Cardiovascular Research, Brown University Health Cardiovascular Institute
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    Thomas Crain, MD

    Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine; Cardiologist, Brown University Health Cardiovascular Institute
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    Pieter Storm De Klerk, MD

    Interventional Cardiologist, Brown University Health Cardiovascular Institute
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    Lee Eschenroeder, MD

    Assistant Professor of Medicine; Cardiologist, Brown University Health Cardiovascular Institute
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    Matthew Franco, MD

    Cardiologist, Brown University Health Cardiovascular Institute
  • Katharine French, MD, MPH

    Katharine French, MD, MPH

    Assistant Professor of Medicine; Program Director, General Cardiology Fellowship Program; Director, Women’s Cardiac Center, Brown University Health Cardiovascular Institute
  • Paul Gordon, MD

    Paul Gordon, MD

    Professor of Medicine; Clinician Educator; Program Director, Structural Heart Disease Fellowship; Interventional Cardiologist, Brown University Health Cardiovascular Institute
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    Jessica Guidi, MD

    Assistant Professor of Medicine; Clinician Educator; Associate Program Director, General Cardiology Fellowship; Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist, Brown University Health Cardiovascular Institute
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    Ned Gutman, MD

    Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine; Cardiologist, Brown University Health Cardiovascular Institute
  • Philip Haines, MD

    Philip Haines, MD

    Assistant Professor of Medicine; Director, Structural and Interventional Echocardiography; Associate Director, Echocardiography Laboratory, Rhode Island Hospital
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    Edward Hulten, MD

    Director of Imaging, Division of Cardiology, Brown University Health Cardiovascular Institute; Program Director, Advanced Non-Invasive Cardiac Imaging Fellowship
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    Tasnim Imran, MD

    Assistant Professor of Medicine; Cardiologist, Brown University Health Cardiovascular Institute
  • Jacob Joseph, MD

    Jacob Joseph, MD

    Professor of Medicine; Chief of Cardiology VA Providence Healthcare System
  • Rachna Kataria, MD

    Rachna Kataria, MD

    Assistant Professor of Medicine; Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist, Brown University Health Cardiovascular Institute
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    Matthew Kluge, MD

    Assistant Professor of Medicine; Clinician Educator; Cardiologist, Brown University Health Cardiovascular Institute
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    Jon Lambrecht, MD

    Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine; Cardiologist, Brown University Health Cardiovascular Institute
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    William Levin, MD

    Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine; Cardiologist, Brown University Health Cardiovascular Institute
  • Daniel Levine, MD

    Daniel Levine, MD

    Clinical Professor of Medicine; Director, Advanced Heart Failure Program, Brown University Health
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    Christopher Luttmann, MD

    Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine; Cardiologist, Brown University Health Cardiovascular Institute
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    Shafiq Mamdani, MD

    Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine; Interventional Cardiologist, Brown University Health Cardiovascular Institute
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    Susan McIlvaine, MD

    Assistant Professor of Medicine; Clinician Educator; Cardiologist, Brown University Health Cardiovascular Institute
  • Alan Morrison, MD, PHD

    Alan Morrison, MD, PHD

    Associate Professor of Medicine; Cardiologist, The Providence VA Medical Center
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    Andrew Nowak, MD

    Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine; Cardiologist, Brown University Health Cardiovascular Institute
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    Shirlene Obuobi, MD

    Assistant Professor of Medicine; Cardiologist, Brown University Health Cardiovascular Institute
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    Yash Patel, MD

    Assistant Professor of Medicine; Cardiologist, Brown University Health Cardiovascular Institute
  • Daniel Philbin, MD

    Daniel Philbin, MD

    Assistant Professor of Medicine; Clinician Educator; Director, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Brown University Health
  • Athena Poppas, MD

    Athena Poppas, MD

    Professor of Medicine; Chief, Cardiology Division; Director, Brown University Health Cardiovascular Institute
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    Xiaoxiao Qian, MD

    Electrophysiologist, Brown University Health Cardiovascular Institute
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    Verity Ramirez, MD

    Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine; Cardiologist, Brown University Health Cardiovascular Institute
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    James Robertson, MD

    Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine; Cardiologist, Brown University Health Cardiovascular Institute
  • Marwan Saad, MD

    Marwan Saad, MD

    Assistant Professor of Medicine; Program Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship; Director, Interventional Structural Heart Research, Brown University Health Cardiovascular Institute
  • Franklin Schneider, MD

    Franklin Schneider, MD

    Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine; Cardiologist, Brown University Health Cardiovascular Institute
  • Nishant Shah, MD, MPH

    Nishant Shah, MD, MPH

    Associate Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice; Associate Professor of Medicine; Director of Nuclear Cardiology, Brown University Health Director of Cardiovascular Imaging, Providence VA Medical Center
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    Kayle Shapero, MD

    Assistant Professor of Medicine; Clinician Educator; Cardiologist, Brown University Health Cardiovascular Institute
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    Barry Sharaf, MD

    Associate Professor of Medicine; Interventional Cardiologist, Brown University Health Cardiovascular Institute
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    David Shim, MD

    Assistant Professor of Medicine; Electrophysiologist, Brown University Health Cardiovascular Institute
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    Victor Shin, MD

    Assistant Professor of Medicine; Clinician Educator Overview; Cardiologist, The Providence VA Medical Center
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    Mitchel Sklar, MD

    Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine; Interventional Cardiologist, Brown University Health Cardiovascular Institute
  • Christopher Song, MD

    Christopher Song, MD

    Assistant Professor of Medicine; Director of Cardiovascular Imaging; Clinician Educator; Director of Informatics and System Imaging Brown University Health Cardiovascular Institute
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    Wenliang Song, MD

    Assistant Professor of Medicine; Director of Lipid Research, Brown University Health Cardiovascular Institute
  • Peter Soukas, MD

    Peter Soukas, MD

    Associate Professor of Medicine; Clinician Educator; Director, Peripheral Vascular Interventional Laboratory, The Miriam Hospital
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    Toi Spates, MD

    Assistant Professor of Medicine; Cardiologist, Brown University Health Cardiovascular Institute
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    Philip Stockwell, MD

    Associate Professor of Medicine; Clinician Educator; Associate Director, Brown University Health Heart Failure Center Site Director, Echocardiography Laboratory, Rhode Island Hospital
  • Estelle Torbey, MD

    Estelle Torbey, MD

    Assistant Professor of Medicine; Electrophysiologist, Brown University Health Cardiovascular Institute
  • Cao Tran, MD

    Cao T. Tran, MD

    Assistant Professor of Medicine; Electrophysiologist, Brown University Health Cardiovascular Institute
  • Saraschandra Vallabhajosyula, MD

    Saraschandra Vallabhajosyula, MD

    Assistant Professor of Medicine; Interventional Cardiologist, Brown University Health Cardiovascular Institute
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    Marilyn Weigner, MD

    Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine; Director, Outpatient Services, Brown University Health Cardiovascular Institute, Rhode Island, The Miriam and Newport Hospitals
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    Aaron Weisbord, MD

    Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine; Clinical Assistant Professor of Medical Science; Cardiologist, Brown University Health Cardiovascular Institute
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    Joseph Weiss, MD, PhD

    Associate Professor of Medicine; Clinician Educator; Cardiologist, Brown University Health Cardiovascular Institute
  • Michael Wu, MD

    Michael Wu, MD

    Assistant Professor of Medicine; Clinician Educator; Program Director, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship Brown University Health
  • Wen-Chih Wu, MD

    Wen-Chih "Hank" Wu, MD

    Professor of Medicine; Professor of Epidemiology; Chief of Medicine, The Providence VA Medical Center Director, Brown University Health Cardiovascular Wellness and Prevention Center
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    Joseph Wyllie, DO

    Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine; Cardiologist, Brown University Health Cardiovascular Institute

Fellowship Programs

General Cardiology Fellowship

The Brown Fellowship in Cardiovascular Disease is a clinically and academically rigorous program that prepares fellows to function as experts in the field of general clinical cardiology.

Interventional Cardiology Fellowship

The goals of the program are for trainees to become competent in performing a variety of coronary artery interventional procedures including balloon angioplasty and stenting, atherectomy, intracoronary physiology and imaging, and mechanical circulatory support.

Structural Heart Disease Fellowship

The purpose of this program is to prepare fellows to care for patients with acquired or congenital cardiovascular pathologies that involve the major central cardiovascular structures outside of the acquired atherosclerotic coronary and peripheral vascular pathologies.

Electrophysiology Fellowship

Our fellowship offers exposure to a diverse range of pathologies. Our aim is to provide fellows with a rigorous and undiluted training experience.

Vascular & Endovascular Fellowship

This program will provide comprehensive training, not only in the latest advanced interventional techniques, but, as importantly, in the non-invasive vascular laboratory, vascular clinic, and vascular consult services.

Research Programs

Research within the division is focused on advancing clinical and basic science related to cardiovascular disorders. Clinical research is active in all areas including non-invasive imaging, interventional and structural cardiology, vascular, electrophysiology, heart failure, prevention, cardio-oncology and cardio-obstetrics.

Basic science programs operate through the Cardiovascular Research Center (CVRC) and Providence VA Medical Center. CVRC facilities include a sophisticated invasive animal catheterization and electrophysiology laboratory, and a state-of-the-art research facility that is used for the studying of genetically modified mouse and rabbit models of cardiac diseases. Areas of investigation at the CVRC include:

  • Molecular mechanisms of cardiac arrhythmias and sudden cardiac arrest
  • Cardiomyocyte hypertrophy and heart failure

The Providence VAMC and Vascular Research Lab include state of art facilities for cellular electrophysiology, molecular biology, small animal imaging, heart and lung physiology lab, and live cell imaging. Areas of investigation at the Providence VAMC include:

  • Epidemiology, health services and outcomes research in anemia, diabetes and heart failure
  • Clinical imaging
  • Preclinical research in pulmonary hypertension and right heart failure

For fellows pursuing careers in academic medicine who seek additional training in research methods, The Brown School of Public Health provides Masters and Certificate programs in Biostatistics, Clinical and Translational Research and Public Health.